Sunday, July 5, 2009

Learning Japanese with Joshua

These are all words that I have used around here and seem to be pretty practical. Well maybe they're practical, I don't think many people will be talking about sweet potatoes in Japanese though.

kochira koso yoroshiku onegaishimasu - Nice to meet you (said when leaving)
sochira koso - you too (more polite then anata mo)
kochira koso - me too (more polite then watashi mo)
masugu - straight (left, right, straight)
tambo - rice field
hatake - field
zenbu - all, everything
sentou - hotbath
onsen - natural hot spring
majide - really?, are you serious? (slang only used by people under 40 yrs)
satsumaimo - sweet potato
mecha mecha - very very (like totemo but a younger word.)
doko kara kimashitaka? - where are you from?
omizu kudasai - water please
sumimasen ocha kudasai - excuse me tea please
kakkoi - cool
____ wa itsu modette kimasuka - when will ____ come back?
denwa okashite kurimasuka - can I borrow your phone please
dakara - so, cause
tanoshii - fun
okashi - funny
chigao - different
onaji - the same
hi wo tsukete kudasai - please make a fire
mata ai mashyou - see you again

2 comments:

Unknown said...

That is an awesome collection of words! thank you for posting them!

Joshua said...

yar. no problem. I'll post some more soon as I learn'em.